Christmas Eve

Well, the day started off with some tired parents...

Maggie was diagnosed with her 2nd ear infection on Friday morning.  I got her to the doctor just in time before they closed for the holiday weekend.  She started her Zithromax prescription on Friday, but still wasn't feeling very well on Friday night.  We went to a Christmas party that night, and Maggie was a bit of a grump.  She didn't sleep all that well on Friday night...so we didn't either.

But, we made it over to Grammie & Grandad's house just before nap time on Saturday, to watch some football and get ready for Christmas Eve mass.

Colin helped Grammie cut some potatoes up for dinner that night.  

He loves to help out in the kitchen.

Yummy potatoes (with a little slobber on top!) 

I laughed so hard when I was loading these pictures on here...seriously, he still drools all the time.  

**Disclaimer**no slobber actually got into the pan with the potatoes!

Our little lady all decked out in her Christmas best (well, it was actually Olivia's Christmas best from 2 years ago, but who's counting...)  She was feeling much better by Saturday night and was in such a great mood for Christmas Eve mass.  We had to get there by 3:30 to get a seat for 4:30 mass, so it was just about 2 hours of being held and passed around.  She did great, and so did Colin really.  He had his buddy Olivia there to help entertain each other.

After a wonderful Mass and a super Christmas Eve supper (with pomegranate salad, beef tenderloin, asparagus, roasted potatoes, asiago cheese bread), we headed home to start the Christmas celebration at our house.
Colin was so excited to help get the milk and cookies ready for Santa.  He kept tasting the milk to make sure it was good.  Even after we said prayers and started picking out books to read for bed, he kept wanting to come out and taste Santa's milk.

The finished product.  Milk and cookies for Santa.

Merry Christmas Eve!